The Finals Begin (Modified and Remade)

**Chapter 92: The Finals Begin**

"That... Teacher!"

"Actually, the reason Bai Lu did that is because of the hint I gave her!"

When Qian Xunji asked about this matter, Gu Ziyi had a hint of embarrassment on his face, but then he directly told the truth about the situation.

"What?"

"You're really the cause of this incident?"

Qian Xunji's eyes widened slightly upon hearing this. He had originally only wanted to ask Gu Ziyi what he thought about the emergence of this kind of issue and whether it needed to be studied specifically.

["You were really the one responsible for this incident?"]

["How did you come up with this method? Did you really tell Bai Lu to use her teammate's Martial Soul tool as a regular weapon?"]

At the same time, the voice of the Sword Spirit Xiao Tao echoed again in his mind.

She was so surprised that she couldn't help but exclaim in shock.

Although she didn't participate in the competition, she had heard about Bai Lu's achievement.

"Yes, Teacher, wasn't Bai Lu my classmate and friend from the academy before?"

"After watching her match, I realized she didn't know how to make use of her speed, so I gave her some tips!"

Gu Ziyi smiled and explained.

At the same time, he also tightened the peachwood sword in his hand, saying nothing but transmitting his disdain for the interruption from the sword girl, then threatened to place her in his soul guide.

["... Master, I don't want that!"]

Feeling Gu Ziyi's actions, Xiao Tao finally gave in and called him master with embarrassment in her tone.

Although she was ashamed, she didn't want to enter the dark and lonely soul guide device.

Besides, what Gu Ziyi had said earlier was true. She had chosen to sacrifice herself for him, so he was indeed her master.

The most important thing is that he has self-condensing Soul Rings due to a practice he discovered. This is what she values most in Gu Ziyi.

If he becomes stronger in the future and can really force all Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent to practice his method of Soul Rings, then it would be fine for her to call Gu Ziyi her master.

As for whether she still hates him?

She still hates him, hates that Gu Ziyi brought people to kidnap her, hates that he led her to despair and had her resort to sacrificing herself to take him to the grave with her.

However, instead of holding a grudge against him, she now hopes that Gu Ziyi can become stronger as soon as possible, allowing more Soul Masters to learn about the self-condensing Soul Rings method, which can enlighten Soul Masters about a path that has much more advantage, enabling more Soul Masters to choose this path over the traditional one of hunting.

"Very well!" – Mental Conversation

Upon hearing Xiao Tao call him master, Gu Ziyi was pleased.

["Thank you for the compliment, Master. Xiao Tao will behave from now on."]

If Xiao Tao had a body at this moment, she would surely have said this through gritted teeth.

Gu Ziyi clearly felt the shame and anger in her heart, but it was fine; he didn't mind as long as she obeyed him.

"Hahaha, what a casual piece of advice you gave, huh?!"

"Your casual guidance, Xiaoyi, has shocked the world of Soul Masters!"

"Before this, no one ever thought a Martial Soul tool could be used this way!"

After hearing Gu Ziyi's explanation, Qian Xunji couldn't help but tease his disciple, but his tone was filled with pride.

'This is my disciple, disciple of Qian Xunji!'

"Actually, you don't need to pay too much attention to this kind of thing, because no Soul Master is willing to give their Martial Soul to others."

"Bai Lu's companion is only willing because she's participating in the competition!"

"This situation might happen again in the future, but only under very special circumstances, like when the Soul Master wielding a Martial Soul tool gets injured and loses its effectiveness in combat. In this situation, it's better to hand over the Martial Soul to someone else."

"But this method is only more useful for speed-based Soul Masters, like the Min Clan. Other Soul Masters would be better off using their own soul abilities!"

Gu Ziyi casually shared his opinion, indicating that there was no need to pay too much attention to this matter.

Everyone was curious and paid attention at first.

This model actually works, but it's not realistic.

For example, when a Soul Master with a Martial Soul adds a Soul Ring to themselves, they don't look for powerful soul abilities. Instead, they focus on developing their Martial Soul by continuously adding sharpness, hardness, robustness, agility, and other abilities to it in order to strengthen their own attributes.

So the destructive power of the Martial Soul tool, developed to the level of a Soul Emperor, is already extraordinary.

At this moment, based on how the Soul Emperor absorbs their Soul Rings, it's mainly what affects the evolution of the Martial Soul tool. Its combat effectiveness might not be very strong.

Only then does the Martial Soul tool of the weapon type in their possession become very strong on its own. If this Martial Soul ends up in the hands of a Soul Master who focuses purely on speed, like the Min Clan, its combat effectiveness will be very scary.

If two Soul Emperors cooperate in this way, they could easily kill a Soul Saint instantly if they wanted to.

Just like Bai He, the leader of the Min Clan, he is only a Soul Saint at the moment, but it is rumored that his speed is no weaker than that of any Title Douluo. If he gets a decent weapon-type Martial Soul to wield, also at the level of a regular Douluo or even a Soul Saint, he could even kill a Title Douluo.

After Bai He breaks through the level of a Douluo, Gu Ziyi knows that his speed will surpass that of the entire Douluo Continent and become the fastest of all Soul Masters. He could cross the entire Douluo Continent from end to end in just three days.

At that moment, if Bai He obtained a powerful weapon, his strength would be unimaginably terrifying to imagine.

Of course, the powerful weapons required here cannot be forged by any known living blacksmith. It would only be possible if the Soul Masters who possess Soul Martial tools of the weapon type specially evolve them for their use.

Or Bai He could find an artifact.

However, artifacts are even more difficult to find.

Still, this would only allow Bai He to perfectly transform his extreme speed into combat effectiveness. It is impossible to say that he would still be invincible.

Some soul abilities are very special, or Domains of certain powers, or even other secrets hidden in this world. Sometimes even extreme speed and powerful weapons cannot break certain concepts.

"Yes, the teacher also thinks the same way. You really don't need to pay too much attention to this issue. Instead of doing that, it would be more practical to study the ideas you gave earlier to the research department!"

Qian Xunji nodded in approval.

Finally, Qian Xunji asked Gu Ziyi again if he was truly confident in becoming the champion of this Soul Master Competition.

He answered naturally with confidence that he was.

After just a few days, Gu Ziyi learned why Qian Xunji asked if he was confident in taking first place.

It turns out that his teacher offered to host the finals of this Soul Master Competition in Spirit City.

For this reason, Qian Xunji took two soul bones as rewards for the winner of the competition.

Naturally, the two Empires that received the proposal did not refuse him after knowing this. If they wanted to refuse, they would have to consider the will of their teams.

These teams must have wanted to compete in the finals in Spirit City for these two soul bones.

Soon after confirming that the finals of the Soul Master Competition would take place in Spirit City, the promotion matches between the two empires finally also came to an end.

In the end, the thirty teams selected by the two empires, plus the two seeded teams, a total of thirty-two teams, all came to Spirit City for the competition.

One week later.

All the teams finally arrived under the escort of the armies of the two Empires.

The final round of this Soul Master Competition also began.

"Finally here!"

Yu Xiaogang looked at the gate of Spirit City and sighed.

He had also come to watch the finals.

"I wonder if I will get to see that Gu Ziyi!"

While looking forward to the finals, Yu Xiaogang was also eager to see Gu Ziyi.

He wanted to know how he was doing now, after all this time since he became the Pope's disciple, especially with his talent level.

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(End of the chapter)

N/E: My dear readers, I re-translated this chapter, I hope you like it.

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